Couple of prominent locals are nominees for the National Book Awards: T.C. Boyle in fiction for Drop City and Carol Muske-Dukes in poetry for Sparrow. Tim Rutten also has a good column in the L.A. Times Calendar section today (sub. required) on yesterday's Man Booker Prize, which went to Australian DBC Pierre for a first novel, Vernon God Little.

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6:50 PM Thu | Largest crowd for a Walk of Fame star ceremony that many could remember, outside the Capitol Records tower on Thursday. Photo by Gary Leonard.
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